योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-64, verse-39

वैराग्याभ्यासयत्नाभ्यां स्वपरामर्शजन्मना ।
तत्त्वालोकनपोतेन तीर्यते भवसागरः ॥ ३९ ॥

vairāgyābhyāsayatnābhyāṃ svaparāmarśajanmanā ,
tattvālokanapotena tīryate bhavasāgaraḥ 39

39. vairāgya abhyāsa yatnābhyām svaparāmarśa janmanā
tattva ālokana potena tīryate bhavasāgaraḥ

39. bhavasāgaraḥ vairāgyābhyāsayatnābhyām
svaparāmarśajanmanā tattvālokanapotena tīryate

39. The ocean of existence (saṃsāra) is crossed by the ship of discerning the truth (tattva), a discernment that arises from the efforts of dispassion (vairāgya) and practice, all born of self-reflection.

Words meanings summery:

• वैराग्याभ्यासयत्नाभ्याम् (vairāgyābhyāsayatnābhyām) - by the efforts of dispassion and practice

• स्वपरामर्शजन्मना (svaparāmarśajanmanā) - by that which is born from self-reflection

• तत्त्वालोकनपोतेन (tattvālokanapotena) - by the ship of insight into truth

• तीर्यते (tīryate) - is crossed, is overcome

• भवसागरः (bhavasāgaraḥ) - the ocean of existence, the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra)

Words meanings and morphology

वैराग्याभ्यासयत्नाभ्याम् (vairāgyābhyāsayatnābhyām) - by the efforts of dispassion and practice

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of vairāgyābhyāsayatna

vairāgyābhyāsayatna - dispassion, practice, and effort (as a collective noun)

Compound type : dvandva (vairāgya+abhyāsa+yatna)

• vairāgya – dispassion, detachment, absence of worldly desire
  noun (neuter)
• abhyāsa – practice, repetition, study
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: as (class 4)
• yatna – effort, exertion, endeavour
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yat (class 1)

स्वपरामर्शजन्मना (svaparāmarśajanmanā) - by that which is born from self-reflection

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of svaparāmarśajanman

svaparāmarśajanman - born from self-reflection/self-deliberation

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+parāmarśa+janman)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun (neuter)
• parāmarśa – reflection, deliberation, consideration
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: parā
  Root: mṛś (class 6)
• janman – birth, origin, production
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

तत्त्वालोकनपोतेन (tattvālokanapotena) - by the ship of insight into truth

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tattvālokanapota

tattvālokanapota - ship of truth-discernment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tattva+ālokana+pota)

• tattva – truth, reality, principle, true nature
  noun (neuter)
• ālokana – seeing, observation, discernment, insight
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  Derived from root lok with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lok (class 10)
• pota – boat, ship, vessel
  noun (masculine)

तीर्यते (tīryate) - is crossed, is overcome

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of tṝ

Present passive 3rd singular

Root: tṝ (class 1)

भवसागरः (bhavasāgaraḥ) - the ocean of existence, the ocean of transmigration (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavasāgara

bhavasāgara - ocean of existence, ocean of saṃsāra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhava+sāgara)

• bhava – existence, becoming, worldly existence (saṃsāra)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

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